Is your puppetdb failing with something like this:

java.lang.AssertionError: Assert failed: (keyword? kw)
 at puppetlabs.kitchensink.core$without_ns.invokeStatic (core.clj:613)
    puppetlabs.kitchensink.core$without_ns.invoke (core.clj:613)
    puppetlabs.trapperkeeper.core$main.invokeStatic (core.clj:175)
    puppetlabs.trapperkeeper.core$main.doInvoke (core.clj:159)
    clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo (RestFn.java:137)
    clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic (core.clj:646)
    clojure.core$apply.invoke (core.clj:641)
    puppetlabs.puppetdb.cli.services$_main.invokeStatic (services.clj:468)
    puppetlabs.puppetdb.cli.services$_main.doInvoke (services.clj:465)
    ...

make sure your postgresql setup works.